Lee Anderson reminded of St Georgeas links to Middle East after MP issues atrigger warninga to Palestinian flag-waving fans of aadvocadoa

Father asaw his little daughter die before his eyesa says charity worker after Channel rescue

Sister of Albanian asylum seeker who died on the Bibby Stockholm calls for independent inquiry into his death

PM answers for Nato chief that it awouldnat be appropriate for hima to be drawn into domestic politics a before launching into political attack on Labour

The two spaniels were being walked by their owners at Fingle Bridge on Dartmoor, near Drewsteignton

The prime minister was grilled about whether he would hold a summer election to capitalise on the scheme coming into effect

Boris Johnson first promised in 2022 that Britain would spend 2.5 per cent of GDP on defence by the end of this decade

Man, aged 56, arrested on suspicion of kidnapping child in west London on Monday

A giant English flag - claimed to be the largest in the country - flew in Nottingham on St George"s Day on Tuesday, 23 April.

Mortgage brokers said that homeowners are set for a summer of adiscontenta

Kaydon Prior and Jason Curtis jailed for minimum of 28 years and 22 years for murder of Harrison Tomkins in Crawley

Teacher said 15-year-old accused was just his anormal selfa before allegedly stabbing Alfie Lewis through the heart, trial hears

A local official said more than 50 people onboard the small boat continued their journey toward England following the disaster

Watch as Rishi Sunak meets Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg and Polish prime minister Donald Tusk at a military base in Warsaw on Tuesday, 23 April, after his controversial Rwanda bill was given the green light in parliament.

A police horse was hit in the face with an umbrella by one of the men celebrating St Georgeas Day in Whitehall

The 16-year-old was wearing just his boxers when he attacked the boys and housemaster at Blundellas School

This is the moment a man drives his car the wrong way down a motorway as oncoming lorries approach.

Watch as violence breaks out at an event to mark St Georgeas Day in central London on Tuesday 23 April.

Migrants were rescued while crossing the English Channel and brought to Dover on Tuesday 23 April, hours after the UK approved the migrant deportation bill.

The far-right leader had attended the march despite being told by organisers he would not be welcome

Brian Low was found dead with his black lab safe by his side - the mystery is yet to be solved

Decision makers may not be aware of the dangers of relying on information from artificial intelligence, experts say

Watch as Tommy Robinson arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court on Tuesday 23 April, where he is accused of failing to comply with a direction to leave an area in Westminster on 26 November last year.

Rishi Sunak, Jeremy Hunt, and Grant Shapps arrived in Warsaw on Tuesday (23 April) just hours after the governmentas controversial Rwanda Bill was passed.

Around six million Londoners will be able to vote on 2 May

The government has already committed APS290 million to the troubled scheme

A Tory immigration minister was grilled on immigration figures as migrants were seen travelling through the Channel on a boat live on air.

As the pound fell to its lowest point against the dollar for around five months, dropping to 0.2 per cent to $1.23, the blue-chip index leapt

The double roof space in Kensington, London, is on sale for APS50,000 more than a 3-bed house in Cumbria

Journalist of British-Ghanian heritage claimed Mr Johnson also demanded to know where she was from

Rishi Sunakas plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda have been given the green light after Lords cave to MPs

April saw increases to benefits and the state pension

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper reiterated Labouras promise to scrap the scheme if it wins the next election

Samantha Mickleburgh, 55, from Axminister, was found dead at the APS600 a night Pennyhill Park Hotel in Bagshot

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper has said not a single asylum seeker will go to Rwanda under a Labour government.

Power briefly went off in the House of Lords on Monday evening (22 April) as a peer was mid-way through a speech.

A Tory immigration minister appeared to bang the table during a heated BBC Radio 4 interview discussing Rishi Sunak"s controversial Rwanda bill.

Alfie asked alleged attacker awhat are you doinga before knife plunged into chest of the 15-year-old in Horsforth in Leeds, trial told

Rishi Sunakas government has found 500 ahighly traineda people to escort asylum seekers to Rwanda

Watch as Rishi Sunakas controversial Rwanda bill faced a final parliamentary showdown on Monday, 22 April.

New report from government advisory body warns deaths in custody remain afar too higha

Emilio Garcia alleges in a lawsuit that he was inside a moving vehicle with the rapper while she had sex with a woman

aUnfortunately, the sequence did not go as planned,a said a spokesperson for the studio

aAnybody should be able to do anything,a aHomelanda actor said in recent interview

aHe needed to be put in his place,a recalled Young

The follow-up to the 2001 comedy was a critically panned box office flop

As the lies piled up and the cash ran dry, the picture Philbrick had painted was exposed

Fans have speculated that Swiftas new song athanK you aIMeea is about her feud with Kardashian

aAmerican Idola staras husband, singer-songwriter Kyle Jacobs, died in February 2023

Content creator is a satirical performance artist known for confronting political and public figures

The Eighties band spoke at album launch event of their huge collaborations

Actor was asked about replacing Daniel Craig

Baldwin is currently awaiting trial for a charge of involuntary manslaughter over the 2021 shooting on the set of aRusta

Starry trio will play a group of retired friends who find themselves in the middle of a murder investigation

Phillips and Goodman were part of the original judging panel for hit BBC show

While Richard Gaddas stalker drama continues to dominate the Netflix charts, armchair detectives have attempted to find two of the real-life figures who inspired the series. We must do better, writes Adam White, but itas also baffling that neither Gadd nor Netflix saw this coming

aIt is very movinga Daniel Cleaver actor said

Fans in Brooklyn have accused aLike a Prayera singer and Live Nation of afalse advertisinga

Following news of yet another reboot in the works, Annabel Nugent delves into the behind-the-scenes story of the 1999 cult classic aA and how its ingenious and brazen marketing campaign could never happen today

Watch the moment Luke Bryan falls on stage during a recent performance.

Comedian gave a frank take on his finances

Drake hailed Taylor Swift as the abiggest gangsta in musica in a diss track directed at Kendrick Lamar.

aIf you want to Black it upA a have at it, man,a said the aHomelanda star

Actor played Murphyas love interest on multiple occasions and recalls hearing sirens arriving at her home

aWe have made seismic changes,a Skyler White actor said

Character made his debut in the season one premiere aSimpsons Roasting on an Open Firea

Kevin Bacon danced as he returned to the Utah high school where Footloose was filmed 40 years on from the hit movie.

Louis Chilton ranks 19 characters who drove fans up the wall

Ryan Gosling has said he has a greater appreciation for stunt performers after facing his fears by dropping 12 storeys off a building in his new action comedy The Fall Guy.

The aAll By Myselfa singer cancelled her world tour in 2023 after revealing she had been diagnosed with stiff person syndrome

The line in question is spoken by Hannah Waddinghamas character

As grassroots venues continue to fight for survival amid the cost of living crisis, rising energy costs and a shrinking tour circuit, The Independent launches a 12-month initiative to spotlight one local venue each month

Richard Gadd has asked fans to stop speculating over the inspiration for his Netflix series

aFilm doesnat occupy the pinnacle in the social, cultural hierarchy that it did for most of our lives,a the actor said

Couple reprised their aThat a70s showa characters in season one of the Netflix reboot

Fans find several clues and references to other Marvel films, leading to speculation about plot

New series sees aunrealistica plot unfold on a chaotic long-haul flight

American comic Arj Barker ejected a mother and her seven-month-old from his Melbourne show

Presenter recalled words of encouragement whispered to her by former colleague Ben Shephard

Designer Leo Tsaoas drag persona is first non-American to win reality show

aBarbiea star will soon take up the Time Lord role full-time

British actor says he was able to relate to King Charles, whom he portrays in Netflix drama aThe Crowna, due to their shared experiences of media scrutiny over their personal lives

aShe is absolutely right,a British actor said of co-staras comments about experience on set

The historical Disney+ drama set in ancient Japan has rapidly become the biggest TV hit of 2024. To unearth its historic origins, Nicole Vassell travelled to the real-life locations that inspired it a from castles in Tokyo to fishing towns in ItA

She discussed tabloid interest in her relationship while promoting aBack to Blacka

It"s not your fault you look so precious in these ruffled elastic shorts using your adorably teensy tiny water bottle.

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Once you master carry-on only, you"ll never go back.

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"I"ll be there for you" athe FRIENDS theme song and the mason jar cold brew maker in this post.

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"So long, London."

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*Checks watch* Welp, looks like it"s time to load your cart with the famous Bojangles" seasoning, a half-pound Reese"s, and a $5 rollerball that smells like vanilla and freshly baked cookies.

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Be free, legs.

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Including a strengthening Indian hair oil and a Korean serum that"ll help you get that elusive ~glass skin~.

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Because your home doesn"t feel like you yet.

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Warning: This article deals with the topics of anxiety and other mental health subjects. It may be triggering for some readers.

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"No, skin changes during pregnancy are not always welcomed."

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"You wouldn"t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me," and the "asylum" is just any 2010s Tumblr-adjacent piece of media.

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We went in with open minds and open wallets, and yes, we finally tried "Mamaw"s Beer Cheese."

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Happy sneeze season to all who celebrate against their will.

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Apparently, sitting still is too much for an 80-year-old man, but being president isn"t.

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I"d like my memory to be wiped of these photos.

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"It makes Saving Private Ryan look like Over the Hedge."

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"I did begin to get really tired of the writeras lack of original ideas."

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Kim...(aka Congress)...there"s people that are dying.

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The rest gap describes the idea that women get less sleep than men because of societal pressures and expectations that take their focus away from much-needed rest.

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"That is not realistic for the average person."

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"This makes me so sad. Architecture is art."

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With 31 songs on The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology, it"s Taylor Swift"s longest album to date.

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"My daughter asked me when her dad and I were born a to which she replied, "OMG the 1900s?!""

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Fear not winter haters, there"s something for you too.

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From heels and sandals to boots and sneakers, you might just find your ~sole-mate~ somewhere in this list.

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"Barbies have lived too many stories."

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"The best way I can describe it is it used to feel like my mind was a raging ocean. Then, one day, it settled into a calm and peaceful pond."

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I can"t believe David Guetta ended racism.

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Pixar Ron Weasley is everything I want and more.

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Watchdog says only a third of local authorities are confident they will have enough places for September

The deployment of the governmentas childcare scheme to tens of thousands more families is facing asignificant uncertaintiesa and may struggle to meet its own targets, according to a report by Whitehallas spending watchdog.

The National Audit Office revealed the Department for Education (DfE) had assessed the likelihood of being able to deliver the funded childcare places it promised for September 2024 and 2025 as aamber/red problematica.

One in five people on average need at least three interactions a but for ethnic minorities figure rises to one in three

Ethnic minorities and young people require more visits than other people to the GP before being diagnosed with cancer, according to new analysis.

On average, one in five people across England require three or more GP interactions before being diagnosed with cancer. But for people from ethnic minority backgrounds, the figure rises to one in three, according to analysis of the NHS cancer patient experience 2022 survey by QualityWatch, a joint programme from the Nuffield Trust and the Health Foundation.

Juan Merchan reserves judgment on prosecutorsa request for maximum fine but tells Todd Blanche ayouare losing all credibilitya

• Skeptical judge and National Enquirer deal: key takeaways
• Pecker says he was aeyes and earsa of Trump campaign

The New York judge presiding in Donald Trumpas criminal trial held off on deciding whether he should be fined $10,000 for attacking expected trial witnesses in direct violation of the gag order designed to protect trial participants from being the target of Trumpas abuse.

The judge, Juan Merchan, reserved ruling from the bench. But he appeared deeply unconvinced by arguments from Trumpas lead lawyer Todd Blanche that a series of social media posts were just responses to political attacks on Trump and therefore permitted.

Full and part skeletons found in Mexico reveal body shape and anatomy of Pytchodus as well as its likely diet

Fossil experts say they have gained unprecedented insights into a type of enormous prehistoric shark, after finding complete skeletons of the creatures.

The specimens, discovered in small quarries in north-eastern Mexico within the last decade, belong to Ptychodus a a creature that roamed the seas from around 105m to 75m years ago.

PM pledges to put arms industry on awar footinga with plan to raise defence budget to APS87bn a year by 2030

Britain will boost its defence spending to 2.5% of national output by the end of the decade as Rishi Sunak pledged to put the UKas arms industry on a awar footinga in response to global threats.

The prime ministeras plan, which he said would help the UK deal with an aincreasingly dangerousa world, would steadily increase defence spending to APS87bn a year by 2030.

Open letter says acallous and degradinga police group WhatsApp message caused amore trauma than you can imaginea

The mother of one of the Nottingham attack victims has written an open letter to members of a police WhatsApp group in which a message was posted describing her son as being aproperly butchereda.

Emma Webber, the mother of Barnaby Webber, 19, who with Grace OaMalley-Kumar, 19, and Ian Coates, 65, was stabbed to death by Valdo Calocane, has written to the Nottinghamshire police officer who she says posted graphic details of the victimsa injuries in the chat group.

UN and Council for Europe add voices to outcry as more people drown within hours of acruela Rwanda bill being passed

Humanitarian groups have called for new safe routes to Britain after five people died trying to cross the Channel within hours of ministers passing the controversial Rwanda bill.

A child and four adults drowned on Tuesday while trying to reach the UK in a boat from Wimereux, in France. More than 110 people were said to have been on board the vessel when it left the French coastline at 5am.

• MPs vote in favour of progressing the Football Governance Bill
• Calls for regulator to have scope to amend parachute payments

MPs have called for the AIndependent Regulator for Football to have the scope to reintroduce replays to the FA Cup, amend the parachute Apayment system and to enforce an effective financial settlement between the Premier League and the EFL, as they voted in favour of progressing the Football Governance Bill.

The second reading of the bill was approved without a vote after a debate in the House of Commons on Tuesday. MPs from all sides of the house spoke in favour of the bill, including Conservative MPs who said they had previously been opposed to regulation. A number of politicians, Ahowever, called on the government to go Afurther in granting the regulator power to achieve financial stability for the football pyramid.

Vintner Tom Gilbey raised more than APS13,000 for hospice charity with challenge that went viral on social media

A wine merchant who blind tasted a different glass of wine at each mile of the London Marathon has said he feels ahonoureda his challenge went viral on social media, as he surpassed his fundraising target.

Tom Gilbey, nicknamed athe wine guya, sampled 25 glasses of wine during the race, stopping to guess the drinkas grape variety, country of origin and vintage at each mile.

Attempt to cross via overcrowded dinghy from Wimereux aborted after engine stalls and five people drown

They could have been on a school trip. Fifty teenagers from Vietnam, dressed for the biting cold in puffer jackets, smart trainers and woolly beanies, sat on the pavement by the bus shelter outside Gare Calais listening to music and watching videos on their smartphones.

They were waiting for the 423 bus to take them back to a forest outside Dunkirk, where they have been staying at night with about a thousand others. It had been a disappointing morning for the group.

Manufacturers call for geographic food name protection in face of threat from cheap Chinese imports

Blackpool rock, a British seaside institution as traditional as donkey rides on the beach, amusement arcades and fair to middling weather, is facing an existential threat from cheap and inferior Chinese imports, manufacturers have said.

Ten rock makers have come together to sign a letter warning of a agrave and immediate challenge to our industry, jeopardising the lives of our employees and the sustainability of our businessa.

This relentless documentary takes us back in time to meet the women abused by glam-rock star Gary Glitter as children a| and the roadies who tried to stop him (and set his wig on fire) 25 years before he finally got caught

Do you remember a it feels so long ago now a the days when it was a shock to find out that a rich, famous, charismatic man had been using his riches, fame and charisma to rape and abuse women and children and cover it up for years and years?

Glitter: The Popstar Paedophile is the bleakest of nostalgia trips, taking us back to those quaint times, before the public Jimmy Savile revelations, before the R Kelly revelations, before the Rolf Harris revelations, before Harvey Weinstein, Jeffrey Epstein a| I could, unfortunately, go on but I think the point is made.

aBlanda or aabsolutely breathtakinga? Our readers are divided over Swiftas epically long, richly detailed new album

As someone who has been a Swiftie for over a decade, my initial impression is that this album is one of her best lyrically, but production-wise it can get a bit repetitive by the end. While Folklore, Evermore and Midnights were full of either fictional tales or vague reminiscences, The Tortured Poets Department is a clear return to her old style of extremely personal, confessional songwriting, but still retaining the poetic lyricism sheas acquired in recent years. Some critics might find the album boring or confusing, but I think the fans familiar with her past work will have an easier time understanding the little details and references, and will have a great time analysing them.
Elena, 23, Spain

Michael Tomlinsonas efforts to defend Rwanda bill show how well suited he is to be part of the new moronocracy

When Jeffrey Bernard was too pissed, hospitalised or generally unfit to file his weekly column, the Spectator used to publish the note aJeffrey Bernard is Unwella in its place. It worked a treat. Everyone knew precisely where things stood.

Perhaps now is the time for the Tory party to do something similar. It couldnat be any worse than repeatedly sending out underprepared ministers to do interviews in which they crash and burn. Far better to let the public think the government is half-witted, rather than to have it proved.

Rescued from Cashas low ebb in the early 1990s, this fun, lightweight song is a long way from the moody recordings with Rick Rubin he soon turned towards

In the great American saga of Johnny Cash, the early 90s are held to be among his lowest ebbs: the lull that made the triumphant final act of his career a the American Recordings series with Rick Rubin, critical acclaim, Grammy awards, platinum sales and all a seem all the more startling. Head been dropped by Columbia Records after 28 years and a brief and turbulent period with Mercury had yielded mixed artistic dividends and indifferent sales. One of country musicas Mount Rushmore figures was reduced to recording Christmas songs for a now defunct budget label called Laserlight Digital.

You might consider it an era in Cashas artistic life best forgotten, but posthumous retrospection has a way of recalibrating history: just as David Bowieas 1990s output has been significantly upgraded since his death, so a collection of Johnny Cash songwriting demos that no label wanted in 1993 emerges 31 years later, heralded as a major new release.

The internet is rife with speculation about the real-life stalker and real-life abuser from the Netflix hit. Is this show about exploitation starting to seem uncomfortably careless a even exploitative?

Baby Reindeer was only released a little over a week ago, and already it has become a sensation. Richard Gaddas adaptation of his 2019 Edinburgh festival one-man show, which in turn was a dramatisation of the ordeals he had been through at the hands of a stalker and a powerful abuser respectively, has not only been the most watched Netflix show in the UK, but made the top 10 in 12 other countries.

And quite right too, since itas as gripping and queasy and uncomfortable a show as youare ever likely to see. But unintended consequences can come with success. The narrative surrounding Baby Reindeer has moved away from the show this week and into the real world. Besides its lead, the show is essentially about two people: a middle-aged woman who spent years inundating Gadd with thousands of unwanted messages to the detriment of his wellbeing, and a successful older writer who subjected Gadd to a prolonged period of sexual abuse. And while Baby Reindeer attempted to gloss over the true identity of these figures, the internet has, unfortunately, been busy.

The former Spice Girlas collection with the high street chain is likely to be a fruitful new venture

As a twentysomething Spice Girl, Victoria Beckham proclaimed that she wanted to be aas famous as Persil automatica. Now, as she enters her sixth decade, the pop star turned designer has eclipsed her goal.

On Tuesday, her debut designer collection for the high street chain Mango landed globally online and in select stores. By 8am in London a queue had formed outside the brandas store on Oxford Street as those inside grappled to get their hands on tailored pieces, evening wear and jewellery.

The huge success of her memoir has turbocharged the Scottish comedianas career, with midlife, Catholicism and marriage in her withering sights

Cynicism is now and then expressed about the phenomenon of comedians writing books. Rare is the instance of a comic finding more success on the page than at the microphone. Step forward, then, Fern Brady, whose memoir Strong Female Character, about her experience as an undiagnosed autistic woman, has met with awards and widespread acclaim a and seems to have turbocharged the Scotas standup career too. One assumes the bookas success was a factor in securing Brady gigs at next monthas Netflix Is a Joke festival in Los Angeles, and this new special on the streamer too a whose title, Autistic Bikini Queen, invites fans of the memoir to come savour more of the same.

Is that what theyall get? Well, theyall certainly get a potent hit of the 37-year-oldas unsentimental personality, as Brady a filmed at a Bristol performance last year a launches into spiky riffs on marriage and relationships. Thereas not much, or at least not directly, on her experience of autism. The topic is efficiently dispatched in the opening five minutes with a droll gag about the idea that her neurodiversity is aa superpowera. Thereas also a joke about her undiagnosed condition revealing itself in Bradyas squeamishness about touching or hugging her mum, which sounded to this viewer less like a symptom of autism than of Scottishness.

There can be a big gap between self-perception and how our loved ones see us. Is it ever a good idea to seek the truth?

Name: Personality audit.

Age: People have worried about what other people think about them since the beginning of time.

A scheme to allow British under-30s to live and work in the EU has been flatly rejected. Why punish them for older votersa mistakes?

Only those born before 1998 could vote on Brexit, so there is no conceivable way of knowing which way todayas 18- to 30-year-olds would have felt about it. Oh, except there is: 70% of 18- to 24-year-olds think leaving the EU was a bad idea. Of the 25- to 49-year-olds, 66% also think we were wrong to leave. If you can bear to drag your mind back to the immediate aftermath of Brexit, youall recall that words like aoverwhelminga and avasta were completely debased by their use in conjunction with majorities that were actually wafer-thin. So letas just say most young people are remainers.

For a long time, politics has dealt with the young remainer as it does with the rest of us; ignore us for long enough, and weall go away. If the Brexit argument had had any foundation a if it had brought trading or other benefits, if it had caused only negligible difficulties and those of the teething variety a then that would probably have worked. Most referendum outcomes get more popular over time.

Zoe Williams is a Guardian columnist

After last nightas Commons vote, they want a aproof of concepta journey to get the tawdry policy back on track. But itas too flawed for that

There will be a sigh of relief in No 10 with the passing of the Rwanda bill, as well as a degree of frustration. Having to steward another migration bill through parliament was not part of the governmentas plan.

With the Rwanda bill passing on to the statute book, overriding the supreme court judgment that Rwanda is not a safe country to which to send people seeking sanctuary, the government now hopes it can finally get on with locking up and then removing those seeking safety on our shores. The prime minister told a hastily arranged press conference on Monday morning that the first flight would not take off for a10 or 12 weeksa (having previously said it would be in spring). Officials are privately describing it as a aproof of concepta flight a this means focusing on having an initial flight to test how legally watertight the new laws are.

Enver Solomon is chief executive of the Refugee Council

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We seek peace in Gaza, Ukraine, Yemen, Sudan, the DRC and elsewhere, but weare ignored. History will damn the warmongers

aThe protagonists of 1914 were sleepwalkers, watchful but unseeing, haunted by dreams, yet blind to the reality of the horror they were about to bring into the world.a

Christopher Clarkas The Sleepwalkers retells the story of the outbreak of the first world war. Mapping a multipolar world enthralled by imperialism and paranoia, Clark refuses to pin the blame on a single power. Instead, he explains how political leaders narrowed the prospects for peace one misstep at a time, and sleepwalked into a global catastrophe that left around 20 million people dead.

Jeremy Corbyn MP is the independent MP for Islington North and a former leader of the Labour party

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Indexas rise has been driven by the dollaras strength against the pound a and that effect can reverse

• Whatas behind the FTSE 100 record high?
• Business live a latest updates

Every dog will have its day and here comes the FTSE 100 index, not so much soaring as limping to a record high of 8,076. If that sounds too grumpy, consider that the previous record, 8,047, was set in February last year. In the 14 months it has taken the UKas premier index to regain its old record level, the S&P 500 index in the US has marched upwards by 22% a and done so in a straight line, more or less, until a slip in the past fortnight.

Also note that the Footsieas latest push above 8,000 carries a heavy flavour of currency effects at work. The US dollar has been strengthening against most major currencies, including sterling, as markets look at the persistence of inflation in the US and judge that the Federal Reserve may not cut interest rates this year (and could even raise them).

Education is all about provocation. Without being provoked even young minds can remain stuck in old tracks

The most important thing I teach my students is to seek out people who disagree with them.

Thatas because the essence of learning is testing oneas ideas, assumptions and values. And what better place to test ideas, assumptions and values than at a university?